In the Main Event, heavyweight contenders #2 ranked Curtis Blaydes and #4 Derrick Lewis showed caution for each others’ specialties in the first round, with Blaydes surprisingly edging ahead in the striking. Lewis gave another surprise in round two by successfully defending the takedown, and this confidenceled to an uppercut on the next attempt that had Blaydes down for the count, giving Lewis a record-setting victory by by TKO.
Co-Main Event:
In the Co-Main Event, women’s bantamweight #6Ketlen Vieira wasted no time in working for the takedown against #7 Yana Kunitskaya where she stayed on top for the first round. Kunitskaya reversed the game plan in the second for her own work in top control. Vieira swung her Brazilian jiu jitsu into action for the final round, then Kunitskaya flipped it back to top control to end strong. Kunitskaya’s ground and pound throughout the fight led to the judges awarding her the unanimous decision win.
Main card action:
Charles Rosa and Darrick Minner delivered an exciting featherweight bout that started off with stand and bang and progressed to scrambles on the ground. Minner dominated in top control in the second and third rounds, while Rosa looked for submission attempts from the bottom. Minner earned the unanimous decision on the scorecards.
In a definitive striker versus grappler match, prospect Chris Daukaus punched through the shoots of veteran #10 ranked Aleksei Oleinik to get the TKO in just 1:55 seconds of the first round.
In a battle of middleweight prospects, Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Phil Hawes put on a grinding three rounds against Nassourdine Imavov. Imavov came back strong with striking at the end of the fight, but it wasn’t enough, and Hawes got the majority decision win.
In the main card’s opening bout, rising prospect Tom Aspinall brought punches in bunches to former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, but his second round victory came via submission, after Aspinall took down the legend and was able to get Arlovski to tap to a rear naked choke.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: BLAYDES VS LEWIS
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Performances of the Night:
- Derrick Lewis
- Chris Daukaus
- Tom Aspinall
- Aiemann Zahabi
Main Event
- Derrick Lewis defeated Curtis Blaydes via second-round TKO
Co-Main Event
- Yana Kunitskaya defeated Ketlen Vieira via unanimous decision
Main Card
- Darrick Minner defeated Charles Rosa via unanimous decision
- Chris Daukaus defeated Aleksei Oleinik via first-round TKO
- Phil Hawes defeated Nassourdine Imavov via majority decision
- Tom Aspinall defeated Andrei Arlovski via second-round submission
Prelims
- Jared Gordon defeated Danny Chavez via unanimous decision
- John Castaneda defeated Eddie Wineland via first-round TKO
- Julian Erosa defeated Nate Landwehr via first-round TKO
- Casey O’Neill defeated Shana Dobson via second-round TKO
- Aiemann Zahabi defeated Drako Rodriguez via first-round KO
- Serghei Spivac defeated Jared Vanderaa via second-round TKO
Card updates/changes:
- 3Due to back spasms backstage, Jamall Emmers has withdrawn from his fight against Chas Skelly and this bout has been canceled.
- Due to COVID-19 protocols, the lightweight bout between Drakkar Klose and Luis Pena will be postponed to a later date.
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